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Alternatives in UK
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Finding UK alternatives for digital products, platforms and services.

Our hope is, by mapping what exists and highlighting the gaps, we can begin to create an ecosystem that delivers what we need, here in the UK. Also https://mastodon.social/@alt_in_uk
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Alternatives in UK @alternatives-in.uk · Feb 24
Hi there! This is the new, official "Alternatives in UK" project by @toychicken.bsky.social to start mapping #UKalternatives for digital products and #services.

With this map, we can find and celebrate great UK alternatives, or highlight gaps that might need to be addressed.

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In the UK
Finding UK alternatives for digital products and services, ranging from enterprise hosting and SaaS, to consumer services.
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Great news everyone! I've finally added the 'DIY' section. So for every org that can't find an #alternativeInTheUK for those #bigTech digital services, you can now check out our directory.

alternatives-in.uk/blog/2025081...

Give me your recommendations in the replies!

#selfhosting #UK #digital
Do it yourself
Finally, a section for self-hosting and managing your own services.
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August 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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OK Bluesky chums! Time to get this #directory of #UK #digital #services moving!

alternatives-in.uk/blog/2025080...

I'm looking for **UK based**

* ACME SSL certificate providers
* Calendar services
* Consent management platforms

Pls put suggestions in the replies.

Love you - kthxbai 💋
Finding my way
It's been far too long - lots of personal stuff got in the way, but I'm BACK, and ready to rock
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August 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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It's okay, I'm back...

alternatives-in.uk/blog/2025032...
Updates
It's been a challenging couple of week, but it's time for me to get back on the horse...
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March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Welcome to @collaboraonline.com - just added today

alternatives-in.uk/directory/co...

#UKbased #UKalternatives #documentCollaboration
Collabora Online
Collabora Online - Desktop and Cloud Document Editing Software - OpenSource
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March 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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We're not the only online source for alternatives to Big Tech - and we're here for it. Celebrate ALL the alternatives sites...

alternatives-in.uk/blog/2025031...
Other alternatives?
Given world events it's unsurprising that a number of "alternatives to" sites are springing up. Here's what we found so far…
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March 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Woo-hoo - added @sendamatic.bsky.social Thanks for submitting your details!

#UKbased #email & #transactionalEmail providers

If anyone else wants to add their organisation, there's a guide here - alternatives-in.uk/about/
About
About the Alternatives in UK project
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March 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Also, I'm beginning to pick through some of the cloud service providers.

It's sometimes a bit challenging to be sure that cloud stuff is 100% #UKbased - but I'm confident that @brightbox.com are!

alternatives-in.uk/directory/br...
Brightbox
Brightbox - Simple and scalable cloud infrastructurefor developers.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Phew - today has been mostly about Federated services - particularly #Mastodon. It's nice to find some #UKbased instances

Federation presents a directory of UK-based services with a slight conundrum...

alternatives-in.uk/blog/20250304/
On Federated Services
Where is the Fediverse? Or email? On where digital things are.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Now the EU wants an alternative to Starlink... alternatives-in.uk/blog/20250303/
Alternative to Starlink?
Well, just as I was looking for an alternative to Starlink, it turns out so is the EU.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Really thrilled to have discovered the UK DNS privacy project

One more vital piece of the UK's digital service infrastructure added to our directory :)

alternatives-in.uk/directory/dn...
UK DNS Privacy Project
UK DNS Privacy Project - Privacy-first public DNS resolver for a safer UK internet
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March 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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I'm beginning to find some faster ways to get to UK based services. Today was #SMS provider day.

alternatives-in.uk/features/sms...

Boosts welcome! Share away :)
SMS APIs
SMS APIs enable you to send SMS messages to your customers.
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March 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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The one where I begin to realise what a huge job even a simple directory like this could be!

alternatives-in.uk/blog/20250228/

Help can be as little as a boost, or as big as adding services to the directory... please share!
Help wanted!
If I'm gonna make this work, I'm probably gonna need some help…
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February 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Alternatives in UK
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just re-upping this with some
context buttondown.com/justenoughin... (see below)
February 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Seems fitting that the first real listing in our directory of #UKalternatives is Mojeek.

alternatives-in.uk/blog/20250224/

Wave to @mojeek.com 👋
Beginning with Search
It seems appropriate that I start my search for UK alternatives, by looking for a UK search engine.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Hi there! This is the new, official "Alternatives in UK" project by @toychicken.bsky.social to start mapping #UKalternatives for digital products and #services.

With this map, we can find and celebrate great UK alternatives, or highlight gaps that might need to be addressed.

alternatives-in.uk 🇬🇧
In the UK
Finding UK alternatives for digital products and services, ranging from enterprise hosting and SaaS, to consumer services.
alternatives-in.uk
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM